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[v5,14/45] rcu, CPU hotplug: Fix comment referring to stop_machine()

Message ID 20130122073630.13822.99359.stgit@srivatsabhat.in.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Srivatsa S. Bhat Jan. 22, 2013, 7:36 a.m. UTC
Don't refer to stop_machine() in the CPU hotplug path, since we are going
to get rid of it. Also, move the comment referring to callback adoption
to the CPU_DEAD case, because that's where it happens now.

Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

 kernel/rcutree.c |    9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Comments

Paul E. McKenney Feb. 9, 2013, 12:14 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 01:06:34PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> Don't refer to stop_machine() in the CPU hotplug path, since we are going
> to get rid of it. Also, move the comment referring to callback adoption
> to the CPU_DEAD case, because that's where it happens now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Ouch!  That comment is indeed obsolete and must die.

I queued this to -rcu with your Signed-off-by.  However, I omitted
the added comment, as it is imcomplete -- it is easy to look at
rcu_cleanup_dead_cpu() to see what it does.

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
> 
>  kernel/rcutree.c |    9 ++++-----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
> index e441b77..ac94474 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
> @@ -2827,11 +2827,6 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
>  		break;
>  	case CPU_DYING:
>  	case CPU_DYING_FROZEN:
> -		/*
> -		 * The whole machine is "stopped" except this CPU, so we can
> -		 * touch any data without introducing corruption. We send the
> -		 * dying CPU's callbacks to an arbitrarily chosen online CPU.
> -		 */
>  		for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp)
>  			rcu_cleanup_dying_cpu(rsp);
>  		rcu_cleanup_after_idle(cpu);
> @@ -2840,6 +2835,10 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
>  	case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
>  	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
>  	case CPU_UP_CANCELED_FROZEN:
> +		/*
> +		 * We send the dead CPU's callbacks to an arbitrarily chosen
> +		 * online CPU.
> +		 */
>  		for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp)
>  			rcu_cleanup_dead_cpu(cpu, rsp);
>  		break;
>
Srivatsa S. Bhat Feb. 10, 2013, 7:43 p.m. UTC | #2
On 02/09/2013 05:44 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 01:06:34PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
>> Don't refer to stop_machine() in the CPU hotplug path, since we are going
>> to get rid of it. Also, move the comment referring to callback adoption
>> to the CPU_DEAD case, because that's where it happens now.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Ouch!  That comment is indeed obsolete and must die.
> 
> I queued this to -rcu with your Signed-off-by.  However, I omitted
> the added comment, as it is imcomplete -- it is easy to look at
> rcu_cleanup_dead_cpu() to see what it does.
>

Cool! I'll drop it from my patch series then. Thank you!

Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat
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diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index e441b77..ac94474 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -2827,11 +2827,6 @@  static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 		break;
 	case CPU_DYING:
 	case CPU_DYING_FROZEN:
-		/*
-		 * The whole machine is "stopped" except this CPU, so we can
-		 * touch any data without introducing corruption. We send the
-		 * dying CPU's callbacks to an arbitrarily chosen online CPU.
-		 */
 		for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp)
 			rcu_cleanup_dying_cpu(rsp);
 		rcu_cleanup_after_idle(cpu);
@@ -2840,6 +2835,10 @@  static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 	case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
 	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
 	case CPU_UP_CANCELED_FROZEN:
+		/*
+		 * We send the dead CPU's callbacks to an arbitrarily chosen
+		 * online CPU.
+		 */
 		for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp)
 			rcu_cleanup_dead_cpu(cpu, rsp);
 		break;